Codeine linctus ingredient: chloroform

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As the title suggests just been scanning the ingredients on the back of a bottle and chloroform is listed there. I'm sure it'll be safe to consume in the doses written on the instructions, was hoping someone could clear up whether the same would be true if someone were to ingest half a 200ml bottle (assuming 5ml is a dose, that would be 20x the intended amount).

I assume the chloroform is there for the same reason as ethanol (and probably in an equally insignificant concentration) for something to do with sterility/solubility?

The amount of chloroform contained in the bottle is not listed, Don't think I can say much more without naming it!

 

[animalpee]

As the title suggests just been scanning the ingredients on the back of a bottle and chloroform is listed there. I'm sure it'll be safe to consume in the doses written on the instructions, was hoping someone could clear up whether the same would be true if someone were to ingest half a 200ml bottle (assuming 5ml is a dose, that would be 20x the intended amount).

I assume the chloroform is there for the same reason as ethanol (and probably in an equally insignificant concentration) for something to do with sterility/solubility?

The amount of chloroform contained in the bottle is not listed, Don't think I can say much more without naming it!

That's actually 40x the intended amount

 

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Its a 200ml bottle, half of it is 100ml, 5ml is the written dose. 100/5 = 20.

EDIT: On a side note I found this:

Hematological Effects. The only information regarding hematological effects in humans after
chronic oral exposure to chloroform was reported in a case study. Decreased erythrocytes and
hemoglobin were observed in a subject who ingested ≈21 mg/kg/day chloroform in a cough medicine
for 10 years (Wallace 1950). The lack of detail and the potential for confounding factors in this study
does not allow a firm conclusion regarding the hematological effects of oral exposure to chloroform in
humans.

here: http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxprofiles/tp6-c2.pdf